Yahoo! Sports has a revealing story about one athlete who had
to go to extreme measures to meet those costs. Logan Campbell, a
member of New Zealand's taekwondo team, came home from Beijing 4
years ago with debts of $160,000. He reasoned that London would
cost him $200,000. To make that money, he decided he needed to
open a brothel.

Now we should bear in mind that New Zealand decriminalized
prostitution in brothels in 2003, and Campbell balked at the idea
of being a "pimp". "Pimps are more tough-type guys. I'm an owner
of an escort agency," he said in
2009.

However, when the brothel made headlines in New Zealand, the
country's usually cash-strapped sporting authorities suddenly
came up with funding for taekwondo — perhaps a sign that they
weren't too keen on having the sport associated with
prostitution.

Campbell doesn't seem too keen on reliving his time as a brothel
owner.

"I sold the brothel so I don't really want to talk about it now,
OK,"
he told Yahoo!